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2020–21 FC Zorya Luhansk season

The 2020–21 season was FC Zorya Luhansk's 98th season in existence and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zorya Luhansk participated in this season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC Zorya Luhansk
2020–21 season
ChairmanYevhen Heller
Head coachViktor Skrypnyk
StadiumSlavutych-Arena
Ukrainian Premier League3rd
Ukrainian CupFinal
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10)
All: Oleksandr Hladkyy (10)
Highest home attendance4,127 (vs Dynamo Kyiv, 14 March 2021)
Lowest home attendance0
Average home league attendance631

Players edit

Squad information edit

As of 30 June 2021
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
23 Nikola Vasilj    GK (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 25)
30 Mykyta Shevchenko   GK (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 28)
53 Dmytro Matsapura List B   GK (2000-03-10)10 March 2000 (aged 21)
Defenders
5 Agron Rufati List B   DF (1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 22)
6 Leovigildo   DF (1995-12-26)26 December 1995 (aged 25)
15 Vitaliy Vernydub   DF (1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 33)
17 Vladyslav Yemets   DF (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23)
20 Joel Abu Hanna    DF (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 23)
21 Dmytro Ivanisenya   DF (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 27)
34 Denys Nahnoynyi List B   DF (2002-02-03)3 February 2002 (aged 19)
45 Denys Favorov   DF (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 30)
46 Yuriy Dudnyk List B   DF (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 (aged 18)
Midfielders
4 Lovro Cvek   MF (1995-07-06)6 July 1995 (aged 25)
7 Vladyslav Kocherhin   MF (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 25)
10 Dmytro Khomchenovskyi   MF (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 31)
14 Maksym Khlan List B   MF (2003-01-27)27 January 2003 (aged 18)
29 Yehor Nazaryna   MF (1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 23)
28 Artem Hromov   MF (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 31)
48 Maksym Kazakov   MF (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 25)
50 Serhiy Hryn   MF (1994-06-06)6 June 1994 (aged 27)
80 Vladlen Yurchenko   MF (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 27)
97 Andrejs Cigaņiks   MF (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 24)
Forwards
8 Maksym Lunyov   FW (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 23)
9 Shahab Zahedi   FW (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 25)
11 Oleksandr Hladkyy   FW (1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 33)
22 Vladyslav Kabayev   FW (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 (aged 25)
43 Danylo Alefirenko List B   FW (2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 21)
47 Raymond Owusu List B   FW (2002-04-20)20 April 2002 (aged 19)
90 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh List B (on loan from Fenerbahçe)   FW (2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 20)

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Type Fee Source
Summer
1 August 2020 DF   Leovigildo 24   Vardar Transfer Undisclosed [1]
1 August 2020 MF   Yehor Nazaryna 23   Royal Antwerp Transfer Undisclosed [2]
5 August 2020 FW   Denys Yanakov 21   Dynamo Kyiv Transfer Undisclosed [3]
9 August 2020 DF   Denys Favorov 29   Desna Chernihiv Transfer Free [4]
7 September 2020 FW   Oleksandr Hladkyy 33   Adana Demirspor Transfer Undisclosed [5]
21 September 2020 DF   Agron Rufati 21   Istra 1961 Transfer Undisclosed [6]
6 October 2020 MF   Serhiy Hryn 26   Vejle Transfer Free [7]
31 July 2020 DF   Maksym Bilyi 30   Rukh Lviv Loan return
31 July 2020 DF   Tymofiy Sukhar 21   Metalurh Zaporizhya Loan return
5 August 2020 DF   Max Grechkin 24   Beitar Jerusalem Loan [8]
6 October 2020 FW   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 19   Fenerbahçe Loan [9]
Winter
27 January 2021 MF   Maksym Khlan 18   Karpaty Lviv Transfer Undisclosed [10]
8 February 2021 FW   Shahab Zahedi 25   Olimpik Donetsk Transfer EUR 300Th [11]
1 March 2021 FW   Raymond Owusu 18   Gold Coast Football Academy Transfer Undisclosed [12]
31 December 2020 DF   Vladyslav Yemets 23   Kolos Kovalivka Loan return [13]

Out edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Type Fee Source
Summer
31 July 2020 MF   Maksym Kazakov 24 Unattached Transfer Free
31 July 2020 MF   Mykyta Kamenyuka 35 Retired Transfer Free [14]
1 August 2020 MF   Yevhen Cheberko 22   LASK Transfer Undisclosed [15]
1 August 2020 MF   Bohdan Mykhaylychenko 23   Anderlecht Transfer Undisclosed [16]
1 August 2020 FW   Nemanja Ivanović 23   Zlatibor Čajetina Transfer Undisclosed [17]
20 August 2020 DF   Serhiy Mayboroda 22   Avanhard Kramatorsk Transfer Free [18]
22 August 2020 DF   Maksym Bilyi 30   Rukh Lviv Transfer Free [19][20]
31 July 2020 DF   Oleksandr Tymchyk 23   Dynamo Kyiv Loan return [21]
31 July 2020 MF   Bohdan Lyednyev 22   Dynamo Kyiv Loan return [22]
10 September 2020 GK   Danylo Khmelovskyi 21   Metalurh Zaporizhya Loan [23]
14 September 2020 MF   Volodymyr Bilotserkovets 22   Inhulets Petrove Loan [24]
6 October 2020 FW   Denys Yanakov 21   Inhulets Petrove Loan [25]
Summer
11 January 2021 FW   Ruslan Skydan 19   Obolon Kyiv Transfer Undisclosed [26]
14 January 2021 GK   Zauri Makharadze 27   SC Dnipro-1 Transfer Undisclosed [27]
26 January 2021 FW   Mihailo Perović 27   Olimpija Ljubljana Transfer Free [28]
4 March 2021 DF   Ihor Chaykovskyi 29   Inhulets Petrove Transfer Free [29][30]
10 February 2021 DF   Max Grechkin 24   Beitar Jerusalem Loan return [31]
21 January 2021 DF   Maksym Ahapov 20   VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [32]
21 January 2021 DF   Tymofiy Sukhar 21   VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [33]
21 January 2021 MF   Dmytro Piddubnyi 21   VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Loan [34]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 August 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   2–3   SC Dnipro-1 Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kocherhin   6'
Yurchenko   56' (pen.)		 Report Dovbyk   41'
Batahov   75'
Yarmolyuk   79'		 Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
15 August 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   2–1   FC Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Lunyov   11'
Perović   88'		 Report Kulakov   15' Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
30 August 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   3–1   Inhulets Petrove Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bilotserkovets   17'
Perović   36'
Yanakov   82'		 Report   30' Stadium: Training facility
5 September 2020 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   4–0   FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hladkyy   17'
Hromov   25'
Kabayev   32'
Yurchenko   74'		 Report Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
12 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   2–2   Raków Częstochowa Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hromov   56'
Favorov   82' (pen.)		 Report Gutkovskis   54' (pen.)
Litwa   66'
15 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   1–2   Piast Gliwice Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Yurchenko   86' (pen.) Report Huk   6'
Lipski   57'
19 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   2–2   Vojvodina Novi Sad Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi   4'
Nazaryna   78'		 Report Zukić   14'
Simić   63'
20 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   Cancelled   Voždovac Turkey
EET (UTC+02:00) Report
25 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   1–1   Shkëndija Tetovo Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi   28' Report Doriev   13'
29 January 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   2–1   MFM Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Kabayev   47' (pen.)
Lunyov   79'		 Report   49' (pen.)
2 February 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   0–1   Valmiera Turkey
16:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Report Krollis   29'
6 February 2021 Friendly Zorya Luhansk   1–1   Dinamo Tbilisi Turkey
14:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Kocherhin   28'
Aliferenko   77'		 Report   16'

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukrainian Premier League 22 August 2020 9 May 2021 Matchday 1 3rd 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 057.69
Ukrainian Cup 16 December 2020 13 May 2021 Round of 16 (1/8) Final 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 050.00
Europa League 22 October 2020 10 December 2020 Group stage Group stage (3rd) 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 033.33
Total 36 19 6 11 54 36 +18 052.78

Last updated: 13 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Ukrainian Premier League edit

Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 20 5 1 59 15 +44 65 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 16 6 4 54 19 +35 54 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 50 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 10 11 5 36 26 +10 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 8 7 37 30 +7 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Source: Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[35]
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 15 5 6 44 22  +22 50 8 3 2 23 10  +13 7 2 4 21 12  +9

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAH
ResultLLDWDDWDDLWWWWWWWLLWWLWWWW
Position10131299988998544333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

22 August 2020 1 Desna Chernihiv 3–1 Zorya Luhansk Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kalitvintsev   30'
Budkivskyi   49',   74'
Filippov   56' (pen.)
Mostovyi   59'
Tamm   62'
Dombrovskyi   74'
Imerekov   90'		 Report Favorov   43'
Grechkin   76'
Kocherhin   90'		 Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Bondarenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 September 2020 2 Zorya Luhansk 0–1 FC Mariupol Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Cvek   11'
Abu Hanna   37'
Vernydub   89'		 Report Chobotenko   40'
Kyryukhantsev   58'
Topalov   61'
Ihnatenko   68'   86'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
20 September 2020 3 Zorya Luhansk 2–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Zaporizhia
17:00 Kocherhin   20',   90+3'
Yurchenko   28' (pen.)
Favorov   72'
Grechkin   81'		 Report Marlos   17',   30'
Kryvtsov   44',   49'
Stepanenko   57'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 2,482
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
27 September 2020 4 FC Lviv 0–5 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Klymenchuk   33'
Hrysyo   64'		 Report Yurchenko   3'
Hromov   5', 28'
Hladkyy   33', 37'
Kabayev   33'
Favorov   55'
Cvek   82'
Vernydub   90'		 Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 253
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
4 October 2020 5 Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Sydorchuk   22'
Verbič   74'		 Report Kabayev   16'
Vernydub   20'
Kocherhin   65'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
17 October 2020 6 Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Kolos Kovalivka Zaporizhia
19:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Favorov   29'
Kocherhin   44'
Abu Hanna   44'
Yurchenko   46'   90+2'
Cvek   59'		 Report Seleznyov   90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
25 October 2020 7 Zorya Luhansk 4–0 Rukh Lviv Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Khomchenovskyi   6'
Hladkyy   52'
Cvek   62'
Kocherhin   76'
Ivanisenya   84',   88'
Sayyadmanesh   90+2'		 Report Martynyuk   44'   48'
Hahun   45+3'
Mysyk   55'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
1 November 2020 8 Inhulets Petrove 1–1 Zorya Luhansk Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Semenko   27'
Kovalenko   45'
Yanakov   64'
Kvasnyi   70'
Kucherenko   73'
Zaporozhets   80'		 Report Ivanisenya   62'
Yurchenko   75' (pen.)
Vernydub   88'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
8 November 2020 9 Zorya Luhansk 0–0 Vorskla Poltava Zaporizhia
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Yurchenko   15'
Kabayev   24'
Khomchenovskyi   60'		 Report Rebenok   47'   70'
Perduta   50'
Kravchuk   89'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 8
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
29 November 2020 11 FC Mynai 0–3 Zorya Luhansk Uzhhorod
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Holodyuk   14'
Shynder   30'
Nuriyev   89'		 Report Vernydub   13'
Kocherhin   53'
Ivanisenya   59'
Hladkyy   61'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
6 December 2020 12 Zorya Luhansk 3–1 SC Dnipro-1 Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hromov   52', 75'
Svatok   85' (o.g.)		 Report Nazarenko   90' Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 December 2020 13 FC Oleksandriya 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Dovhyi   35'
Sitalo   60'
Bezborodko   82'   83'		 Report Kabayev   3'   50'
Hladkyy   4'
Abu Hanna   8'
Ivanisenya   31',   83'
Shevchenko   64'
Sayyadmanesh   90+4'		 Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
13 February 2021 14 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Desna Chernihiv Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hladkyy   18', 61'
Abu Hanna   45+1'		 Report Totovytskyi   21'
Imerekov   51'
Ohirya   64'
Konoplya   77'
Budkivskyi   90+2'
Kalitvintsev   90+2'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anatoliy Abdula
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
20 February 2021 15 FC Mariupol 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Zaporizhia
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Tankovskyi   60'
Chekh   74'		 Report Zahedi   34',   39'
Hladkyy   50'
Vasilj   90+3'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Volodymyr Novokhatniy
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
27 February 2021 16 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Alan Patrick   57' Report Nazaryna   32'
Leovigildo   79'
Ivanisenya   90+4'		 Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: Kateryna Monzul
7 March 2021 17 Zorya Luhansk 4–0 FC Lviv Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Hladkyy   9', 16'
Sayyadmanesh   13', 39'
Vernydub   60'
Kocherhin   78'		 Report Mihoubi   35'
Romanchuk   90'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 836
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
14 March 2021 18 Zorya Luhansk 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv Zaporizhia
17:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Leovigildo   36'
Ivanisenya   72'
Abu Hanna   83'		 Report Buyalskyi   28'
Besyedin   55'
Sydorchuk   59'
Shepelyev   89'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
21 March 2021 19 Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 Zorya Luhansk Kovalivka
19:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Kostyshyn   38'
Lysenko   42'
Zolotov   61'
Volynets   90+3'
Smyrnyi   90+3'		 Report Kocherhin   35'
Nazaryna   50'
Sayyadmanesh   86'		 Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
3 April 2021 20 Rukh Lviv 0–2 Zorya Luhansk Lviv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stamenković   4'
Zec   15'		 Report Hromov   8', 60'
Zahedi   16'
Ivanisenya   38'   82'
Yurchenko   63'		 Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
11 April 2021 21 Zorya Luhansk 2–0 Inhulets Petrove Kropyvnytskyi
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hromov   16'
Kabayev   44'
Yurchenko   51'
Hladkyy   55'
Leovigildo   66'		 Report Chaykovskyi   23'
Shyshka   61'
Balan   63'		 Stadium: Zirka Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
17 April 2021 22 Vorskla Poltava 4–2 Zorya Luhansk Poltava
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Stepanyuk   8'
Kulach   24', 33', 49'
Yakubu   48'		 Report Cvek   9'
Zahedi   34'
Vernydub   40'
Khomchenovskyi   62'
Hladkyy   79'
Leovigildo   83'
Favorov   90+3'		 Stadium: Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
25 April 2021 23 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 Olimpik Donetsk Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Yurchenko   12' (pen.)
Kabayev   23'
Favorov   53'
Zahedi   71'		 Report Ekra   33'
Kargbo   54' (pen.)		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
28 April 2021 10 Olimpik Donetsk 2–1 Zorya Luhansk Chernihiv
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Kargbo   18'
Talles   44'
Babenko   45+3',   53'
Veklyak   48'
Do Couto   72'
Kychak   90+1'		 Report Vasilj   32'
Khomchenovskyi   45+2'
Kocherhin   70'
Rufati   89'
Sayyadmanesh   90+2',   90+2'		 Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mykola Balakin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
2 May 2021 24 Zorya Luhansk 1–0 FC Mynai Zaporizhia
17:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Hladkyy   1'
Favorov   20'
Nazaryna   49'
Sayyadmanesh   63'
Kabayev   77'
Kocherhin   81'		 Report Pynyashko   43'
Petrusenko   71'
Tkachuk   87'
Knysh   90+2'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
5 May 2021 25 SC Dnipro-1 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Dnipro
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Dubinchak   13'
Douglas   45+2'
Ihnatenko   69'
Di Franco   86'
Lucas Taylor   90+1'		 Report Ivanisenya   40'
Vernydub   44'
Yurchenko   79' (pen.)
Sayyadmanesh   85'		 Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to quarantine in Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic.
9 May 2021 26 Zorya Luhansk 2–1 FC Oleksandriya Zaporizhia
14:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Rufati   33'
Hladkyy   63'
Alefirenko   73'
Zahedi   80'		 Report Kovalets   27'
Hrechyshkin   45'
Melnyk   50'
Novikov   86'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 762
Referee: Oleksandr Solovyan

Ukrainian Cup edit

Main article: 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup
16 December 2020 Round of 16 (1/8) Desna Chernihiv 0–1 Zorya Luhansk Kyiv
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Konoplya   53'
Past   88'
Hutsulyak   88'   89'		 Report Yurchenko   16' (pen.),   58'
Shevchenko   81'
Abu Hanna   88'		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Denys Shurman
3 March 2021 Quarter-final Veres Rivne 1–2 Zorya Luhansk Lutsk
14:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Panasenko   7'   77'
Shestakov   18' (pen.)
Dakhnovskyi   30'		 Report Rufati   20'
Ivanisenya   25'
Kocherhin   59'
Abu Hanna   80'
Sayyadmanesh   90+5'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
21 April 2021 Semifinal FC Oleksandriya 1–1
(3 – 4 p)		 Zorya Luhansk Oleksandriya
18:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Bondarenko   63',   90+2' (pen.) Report Kocherhin   7',   20'
Ivanisenya   60'
Hladkyy   62'
Cigaņiks   79'
Vernydub   111'		 Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
Penalties
Shastal  
Bondarenko  
Myshenko  
Dubra  
Stetskov  		 Nazaryna  
Zahedi  
Ivanisenya  
Yurchenko  
Favorov  
13 May 2021 Final Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Zorya Luhansk Ternopil
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Shaparenko   35'
Kędziora   67'
Sydorchuk   90+3'
Tsyhankov   98'		 Report Vernydub   14'
Yurchenko   52'
Kocherhin   76'
Sayyadmanesh   90+3'
Leovigildo   90+4'
Ivanisenya   111'		 Stadium: Ternopil city stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuriy Ivanov

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group G

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[36]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI BRA ZOR AEK
1   Leicester City 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13[a] Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 3–0 2–0
2   Braga 6 4 1 1 14 10 +4 13[a] 3–3 — 2–0 3–0
3   Zorya Luhansk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–2 — 1–4
4   AEK Athens 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 1–2 2–4 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.
22 October 2020 1 Leicester City   3–0   Zorya Luhansk Leicester
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00) Tielemans   12'
Maddison   29'
Barnes   45'
Iheanacho   67'		 Report Kabayev   22'
Vernydub   77'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
29 October 2020 2 Zorya Luhansk   1–2   Braga Zaporizhia
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Kocherhin   35'
Kabayev   47'
Ivanisenya   90+6'		 Report Paulinho   4'
Gaitán   11'
Carmo   29'
Fransérgio   78'
Raul Silva   85'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 853
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
5 November 2020 3 Zorya Luhansk   1–4   AEK Athens Zaporizhia
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Vernydub   66'
Kocherhin   81'		 Report Tanković   7'
Mantalos   30',   34'
Livaja   54', 81'
Ansarifard   77'
Insúa   87'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
26 November 2020 4 AEK Athens   0–3   Zorya Luhansk Athens
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Shakhov   43'   49'
Tanković   49'
Simões   55'
Svarnas   70'		 Report Vernydub   49'
Hromov   61'
Kocherhin   74'
Kabayev   76'
Yurchenko   86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
3 December 2020 5 Zorya Luhansk   1–0   Leicester City Zaporizhia
19:55 EET (UTC+02:00) Cigaņiks   32'
Nazaryna   74'
Sayyadmanesh   84'		 Report Pereira   42'
Iheanacho   45+1'
Mendy   58'
Fofana   87'		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
10 December 2020 6 Braga   2–0   Zorya Luhansk Braga
22:00 EET (UTC+02:00) Abu Hanna   61' (o.g.)
Horta   68'		 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Cup EL
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
23 GK   BIH Nikola Vasilj 21 0 15+1 0 3 0 2 0
30 GK   UKR Mykyta Shevchenko 15 0 8+1 0 1+1 0 4 0
53 GK   UKR Dmytro Matsapura 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
5 DF   MKD Agron Rufati 12 0 4+6 0 1 0 0+1 0
6 DF   BRA Leovigildo 14 1 10+3 1 1 0 0 0
15 DF   UKR Vitaliy Vernydub 26 0 19+1 0 2 0 4 0
17 DF   UKR Vladyslav Yemets 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 DF   ISR Joel Abu Hanna 27 0 20 0 2 0 4+1 0
34 DF   UKR Denys Nahnoynyi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF   UKR Denys Favorov 29 2 19+1 2 3 0 5+1 0
46 DF   UKR Yuriy Dudnyk 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   CRO Lovro Cvek 18 0 9+5 0 0+2 0 2 0
7 MF   UKR Vladyslav Kocherhin 33 9 23 6 4 2 6 1
10 MF   UKR Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 25 0 15+4 0 1+1 0 3+1 0
21 MF   UKR Dmytro Ivanisenya 31 6 17+4 4 4 1 6 1
28 MF   UKR Artem Hromov 23 7 14+2 6 2+1 0 4 1
29 MF   UKR Yehor Nazaryna 34 0 16+9 0 3 0 4+2 0
48 MF   UKR Maksym Kazakov 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
50 MF   UKR Serhiy Hryn 9 0 1+5 0 0 0 0+3 0
80 MF   UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 33 8 22+1 6 4 1 6 1
97 MF   LVA Andrejs Cigaņiks 25 0 11+6 0 3 0 4+1 0
Forwards
8 FW   UKR Maksym Lunyov 21 0 6+7 0 1+2 0 3+2 0
9 FW   IRN Shahab Zahedi 14 2 5+7 2 0+2 0 0 0
11 FW   UKR Oleksandr Hladkyy 31 10 18+4 10 2+1 0 3+3 0
22 FW   UKR Vladyslav Kabayev 29 1 17+2 0 4 0 6 1
43 FW   UKR Danylo Alefirenko 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0
47 FW   GHA Raymond Owusu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
90 FW   IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 27 6 11+8 5 3+1 0 0+4 1
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF   ISR Max Grechkin 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   MNE Mihailo Perović 15 0 0+9 0 0+1 0 0+5 0
14 FW   UKR Denys Yanakov 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   UKR Ihor Chaykovskyi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF   UKR Dmytro Piddubnyi 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0

Source: Competitions

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 11 FW   Oleksandr Hladkyy 10 0 0 10
2 7 MF   Vladyslav Kocherhin 6 2 1 9
3 80 MF   Vladlen Yurchenko 6 1 1 8
4 28 MF   Artem Hromov 6 0 1 7
5 21 MF   Dmytro Ivanisenya 4 1 1 6
90 FW   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 5 0 1 6
7 9 FW   Shahab Zahedi 2 0 0 2
45 DF   Denys Favorov 2 0 0 2
9 6 DF   Leovigildo 1 0 0 1
22 FW   Vladyslav Kabayev 0 0 1 1
43 FW   Danylo Alefirenko 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
Total 44 4 6 54

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League Cup Europa League Total
1 23 GK   Nikola Vasilj 8 0 1 9
1 30 GK   Mykyta Shevchenko 2 1 1 4
1 53 GK   Dmytro Matsapura 3 0 0 3
Total 13 1 2 16

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Nat Player Premier League Cup Europa League Total
                               
3 DF   Max Grechkin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 MF   Lovro Cvek 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
5 DF   Agron Rufati 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 DF   Leovigildo 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
7 MF   Vladyslav Kocherhin 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0
9 FW   Shahab Zahedi 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 MF   Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
11 FW   Oleksandr Hladkyy 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
15 DF   Vitaliy Vernydub 8 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 0
18 MF   Artem Hromov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 DF   Joel Abu Hanna 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
21 MF   Dmytro Ivanisenya 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
22 FW   Vladyslav Kabayev 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 0
23 GK   Nikola Vasilj 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
27 MF   Yehor Nazaryna 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
30 GK   Mykyta Shevchenko 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
45 DF   Denys Favorov 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
80 MF   Vladlen Yurchenko 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
90 FW   Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
97 MF   Andrejs Cigaņiks 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Total 68 3 3 13 0 1 9 0 0 90 3 4

Last updated: 13 May 2021

Attendances edit

Matches Attendances Average High Low
Premier League 13 8,215 631 4,127 0
Cup 0 0 0 0 0
Europa League 3 853 284 853 0
Total 16 9,068 566 4,127 0

Last updated: 13 May 2021

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